The honeymoon’s not over; use my free, easy, peasy worksheet to help plan a wonderful year for yourself
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Change management & wellness, Communication, Conflict resolution, Creativity & innovation, Employee retention, Human resources, Training & development
I’m here to tell you that the honeymoon is not over. The new year honeymoon that is. You can still drink deeply from the fresh start to the year. The Heath brothers, in their wonderful new book ‘The Power of Moments’ say ‘we have a hunger for these landmarks in time’ (aka […]
Tags: heath brothers, planning, worksheet, workshop
Social media tools for listening, learning & leading
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources
I recently presented a workshop on Leveraging Social Media to Boost Employee Engagement at the IHRM (Institute for Human Resources Management) HR Technology Conference, co-sponsored by H-Senid (which specializes in HR & Tech & has offices in 5 countries) in Nairobi. Here’s the group (picture below), all of whom were enthusiastic to not only get […]
Tags: h-senid, Human resources, ihrm, social media, technology
Which social media tool are you most comfortable with? Do you most want to learn about?
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources
I’m at the IHRM’s (Institute for Human Resource Management) HR Master Class conference today, presenting a workshop on how Social Media is Transforming Learning. Join in by taking the 2 simple polls below, simply click on your choice & you’ll see the results in real time. (Note: the results won’t display until you click on […]
Tags: Human resources, ihrm, social media
What frames your view? A Life Lenses™ take on provocative video
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Business & organizational development, Human resources, Humor & comedy
Is the video below funny, creative, rule breaking and subversive or a waste of time, waste of energy and sadly pathetic? Depends on your view. Depends on how you frame things. A Carrot Life Lens™ appreciates the attention to detail. A Mountain Life Lens™ likes the strategy. A Destination Life Lens™ approves getting it done. […]
Tags: humour, organizational culture
Complexity made simple – that’s what a good assessment does
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Human resources, Training & development
(Me: in official, officious tone…) Today I’m going to teach you about reverse laminar flow. (You: in confused, bewildered tone…) Say what? Complexity made simple. If they’re any good that’s what assessments do. Take complicated, complex human beings and complicated, complex views of the world and make them simple. Not simplistic. Simple. Like explaining what […]
Tags: assessment, complexity
Speaking English kills you (& other ways evaluations can go sideways)
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Human resources, Training & development
Program evaluation can leave you feeling like you don’t know if you’re coming or going. I do a lot of program evaluation work because it’s often so painful for my clients that I’m eager to show how it can be done with ease & even creativity & humour. I was particularly proud to be asked […]
Tags: program evaluation, sojo, united nations
Training & development learning well October blog post round up
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Change management & wellness, Human resources, Training & development
October has come and gone with goblins galore. If you didn’t catch all the posts this month simply cast a spell and click below. Here they are – laid out like a well carved pumpkin for your perusing – here’s the Rock.Paper.Scissors’ monthly training & development round up. You’ll find all the blog posts for […]
Tags: change, change management, engagement, learning, learning curve, learning domains, social media, training & development
Rock.Paper.Scissors E-newsletter’s out: Funny Social Media resources from ‘Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Social Media and the 3 little pigs’
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources
Have you left a comment on the 29 ways to stay creative when you’re training (part 3 of 3) post? No? Hurry up! The contest closes today, Monday, September 26th. Simply enter a comment to be entered to win a copy of the song ‘Eureka.’ ******* The latest Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. e-newsletter is out, where I […]
Tags: facebook, harpaul sambhi, noise to signal, social HR, social media, twitter
Rock.Paper.Scissors E-newsletter’s out: Social Media resources from ‘Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Social Media and the 3 little pigs’
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources
Have you left a comment on the 29 ways to stay creative when you’re training (part 3 of 3) post? No? Hurry up! The contest closes Monday, September 26th. Simply enter a comment to be entered to win a copy of the song ‘Eureka.’ ******* The latest Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. e-newsletter is out, where I review […]
Tags: harpaul sambhi, Human resources, impact99, justice institute, social HR, social media
Rock.Paper.Scissors E-newsletter’s out: Who’s Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf? Social Media and the 3 little pigs
Posted by Lee-Anne Ragan | Filed under Communication, Human resources
*** Have you left a comment on the 29 ways to stay creative when you’re training (part 3 of 3) post? *** No? Hurry up! The contest closes Monday, September 26th. Simply enter a comment to be entered to win a copy of the song ‘Eureka.’ The latest Rock.Paper.Scissors Inc. e-newsletter is out, where I […]
Tags: facebook, harpaul sambhi, linkedin, social HR, social media, twitter, youtube